Abstract [en]

The purpose of this paper is to study how the immigration in Sweden affects the economic growth between 1990-2016. The study will answer how immigrants affect Sweden's GDP per capita in the long run. We have chosen to limit this study to immigrants, which is asylum seekers and how they affect the GDP per capita. In order to make our conclusions we have used the researchers Muysken and Ziesemers model and theory based on the Solow-Swan model. With a multiple regression our results confirm the impact on GDP per capita, with our explanatory variables: immigrants, employment rates, education and interest rates. The conclusion is that over time immigrants contribute to a positive development of GDP per capita, when immigrants are integrated into Sweden.